“I always love to be involved in the local community, but Big Ideas especially felt like a great fit with the skills I have to offer and how I want to be connecting with others,” Lipsett says.

Master of Development Engineering students Victor Okoro, Daniel Huang, and Joshua Iokua Albano, teamed up to found Madojo, a platform that connects Nigerian university graduates with employers in the technology space.

Kira Erickson and Ivan Jayapurna, Founders of High Tide, were awarded the 2022-2023 Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Grand Prize of $10,000.